Population of directory search results into a wireless mobile phone

• US 20040203642A1
• Filed: 05/31/2002
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wildseed Ltd. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wildseed Ltd. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zatloukal, Peter, Engstrom, G. Eric
• Application Number:
  US10/161,273
• Publication Number:
  US 20040203642A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0036 where the data service is an information service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

A wireless mobile phone is provided with a directory function to automatically save directory search results in at least one of a directory search result list and an address book of the wireless mobile phone. In various embodiments, a user of the wireless mobile phone may request for a party'"'"'s phone number explicitly in a non-audible manner through a data interface, or audibly. A wireless telephone service, including its directory service, is equipped complementarily to offer and provide the wireless mobile phone with the directory search results in a selected one of a voice and a data form.

Claims

1. In a wireless mobile phone, a method of operation comprising:

facilitating a user of said wireless mobile phone in using said wireless mobile phone to perform a selected one of requesting a party'"'"'s phone number from a directory service, and requesting a service attendant to connect said user to a party by name;

facilitating receipt of said party'"'"'s phone number in a selected one of a voice and a data form; and

facilitating said user in saving said received party'"'"'s phone number in said wireless mobile phone without having to have said user manually enter said party'"'"'s phone number into said wireless mobile phone.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said facilitating of said user of said wireless mobile phone in using said wireless mobile phone to request a party'"'"'s phone number from a directory service comprises facilitating said user of said wireless mobile phone audibly requesting said party'"'"'s phone number from an attendant of said directory service, through telephony means of said wireless mobile phone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said facilitating of said user of said wireless mobile phone in using said wireless mobile phone to request a party'"'"'s phone number from a directory service comprises facilitating said user of said wireless mobile phone requesting said party'"'"'s phone number from said directory service, through a data interface of said wireless mobile phone.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said facilitating of said user of said wireless mobile phone in using said wireless mobile phone to request a service attendant to connect said user to a party by name comprises facilitating said user of said wireless mobile phone audibly requesting said service attendant of said connection, through telephony means of said wireless mobile phone.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said method further comprises facilitating said user in accepting an offer from the service attendant to receive said party'"'"'s phone number from the service attendant.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said facilitating of receipt of said party'"'"'s phone number in a data form comprises facilitating receipt of a data packet having said party'"'"'s phone number as a part of a data payload portion of said received data packet.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said data payload portion of said received data packet further includes identification information identifying said party as being affiliated with said included phone number.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein

said facilitating of said user of said wireless mobile phone in using said wireless mobile phone to request a party'"'"'s phone number from a directory service comprises facilitating said user of said wireless mobile phone audibly requesting said party'"'"'s phone number from an attendant of said directory service, through telephony means of said wireless mobile phone;

said data packet is encoded among audio signals sent from said attendant to said wireless mobile phone; and

said facilitating of receipt of said party'"'"'s phone number in data form comprises decoding said data packet from said audio signals.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein

said facilitating of said user of said wireless mobile phone in using said wireless mobile phone to request a service attendant to connect said user to a party by name comprises facilitating said user of said wireless mobile phone audibly requesting said service attendant of said connection, through telephony means of said wireless mobile phone;

said data packet is encoded among audio signals sent to said wireless mobile phone; and

said facilitating of receipt of said party'"'"'s phone number in data form comprises decoding said data packet from said audio signals.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein

said facilitating of said user of said wireless mobile phone in using said wireless mobile phone to request a service attendant to connect said user to a party by name comprises facilitating said user of said wireless mobile phone audibly requesting said service attendant of said connection, through telephony means of said wireless mobile phone;

and

said facilitating of receipt of said party'"'"'s phone number in a data form comprises facilitating receipt of said data packet from the service attendant over another connection connecting the service attendant to said wireless mobile phone, automatically established at a subsequent point in time after termination of the requested connection to said party.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said facilitating of receipt of said party'"'"'s phone number in a selected one of a voice and a data form comprises facilitating receipt of said party'"'"'s phone number in a voice form, and the method further comprises automatically generating said party'"'"'s phone number in said data form.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said saving of said party'"'"'s phone number in said wireless mobile phone comprises saving said party'"'"'s phone number in a directory search result list of said wireless mobile phone.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said method further comprises facilitating saving of said party'"'"'s phone number from said directory search result list of said wireless mobile phone into an address book of said wireless mobile phone.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said saving of said party'"'"'s phone number in said wireless mobile phone comprises saving said party'"'"'s phone number into an address book of said wireless mobile phone.

15. A wireless mobile phone comprising:

telephony means for facilitating a user of said wireless mobile phone to engage in a telephone call with another party, including engaging in a selected one of audibly requesting a first party'"'"'s phone number from a directory service, and audibly requesting a service attendant to connect said user to said first party by name; and

directory means in cooperation with said telephony means for facilitating receipt of said first party'"'"'s phone number in a selected one of a voice and a data form, and saving said received first party'"'"'s phone number in said wireless mobile phone, without having to have the user enter the first party'"'"'s phone number.

16. The wireless mobile phone of claim 15, wherein said wireless mobile phone further comprises data interface means for facilitating said user of said wireless mobile phone in non-audibly requesting said first party'"'"'s phone number from said directory service.

17. The wireless mobile phone of claim 15, wherein said telephony means is further equipped to facilitate said user in accepting an offer from the service attendant to receive said first party'"'"'s phone number from the service attendant.

18. The wireless mobile phone of claim 15, wherein said telephony and directory means are equipped to facilitate receipt of a data packet having said party'"'"'s phone number as a part of a data payload portion of said received data packet.

19. The wireless mobile phone of claim 18, wherein said data payload portion of said received data packet further includes identification information identifying said party as being affiliated with said included phone number.

20. The wireless mobile phone of claim 18, wherein said data packet is encoded among audio signals sent to said wireless mobile phone, and said telephony means include decode means to decode said data packet from said audio signals.

21. The wireless mobile phone of claim 18, wherein said telephony and directory means are equipped to facilitate receipt of said data packet from the service attendant over another connection connecting the attendant service to said wireless mobile phone, automatically established at a subsequent point in time after termination of the requested connection to said first party.

22. The wireless mobile phone of claim 15, wherein said directory means further comprises voice recognition means in generating said party'"'"'s phone number in said data form, when said party'"'"'s phone number is received in said voice form.

23. The wireless mobile phone of claim 15, wherein said directory means is equipped to save said party'"'"'s phone number in a directory search result list.

24. The wireless mobile phone of claim 23, wherein said directory means is further equipped to facilitate saving said first party'"'"'s phone number from said directory search result list into an address book.

25. The wireless mobile phone of claim 15, wherein said directory means is equipped to save said party'"'"'s phone number into an address book of said wireless mobile phone.

26. A wireless mobile phone comprising:

data interface means for facilitating a user of said wireless mobile phone in non-audibly requesting a party'"'"'s phone number from said directory service; and

directory means in cooperation with said data interface means for facilitating receipt of said party'"'"'s phone number in a data form, and saving said received first party'"'"'s phone number in at least a selected one of a directory search result list and an address book.

27. The wireless mobile phone of claim 26, wherein said data interface and directory means are equipped to facilitate receipt of a data packet having said party'"'"'s phone number as a part of a data payload portion of said received data packet.

28. The wireless mobile phone of claim 27, wherein said data payload portion of said received data packet further includes identification information identifying said party as being affiliated with said included phone number.

29. The wireless mobile phone of claim 28, wherein said directory means is equipped to facilitate first saving said party'"'"'s phone number in said directory search result list, and then facilitating said party'"'"'s phone from said directory search result list into an address book, upon requested.

30. An apparatus comprising:

a selected one of means to receive from a wireless mobile phone an audible request for a party'"'"'s phone number, and means to receive from a wireless mobile phone an audible request to connect said wireless mobile phone to a party by name; and

means to provide to said wireless mobile phone said party'"'"'s phone number in a selected one of a voice and a data form to allow said wireless mobile phone to save said party'"'"'s phone number.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein said apparatus comprises said means to receive from a wireless mobile phone an audible request to connect said wireless mobile phone to a party by name, and said apparatus further comprises means to offer to send said party'"'"'s phone number to said wireless mobile phone.

32. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein said means to provide to said wireless mobile phone said party'"'"'s phone number in a data form comprise means to send a data packet having said party'"'"'s phone number as a part of a data payload portion of said data packet to said wireless mobile phone.

33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein said data payload portion of said received data packet further includes identification information identifying said party as being affiliated with said included phone number.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein said means to provide to said wireless mobile phone said party'"'"'s phone number in a data form comprise means to encode said data packet among audio signals sent to said wireless mobile phone.

35. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein said means to provide to said wireless mobile phone said party'"'"'s phone number in a data form comprises means to automatically establish another connection to said wireless mobile phone at a subsequent point in time after termination of the requested connection to said party, and provide said data packet over said subsequent automatically established other connection.

36. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein said means to provide to said wireless mobile phone said party'"'"'s phone number in a data form to allow said wireless mobile phone to save said party'"'"'s phone number comprises

a transmitter to transmits signals;

a storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions designed to retrieve said party'"'"'s phone number from a directory database, and send said party'"'"'s phone number to said wireless mobile phone through said transmitter; and

a processor coupled to said transmitter and said storage medium to execute said programming instructions.

37. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein said storage medium further having stored therein said directory database.